James Cameron

Male2 March 1881–

Brief Life History of James

When James Cameron was born on 2 March 1881, in Handy Township, Livingston, Michigan, United States, his father, George Levi Cameron, was 26 and his mother, Emma W. Tyler, was 20.

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Family Time Line

George Levi Cameron
1854–1935
Emma W. Tyler
1861–1915
Jennie Cameron
1881–1881
James Cameron
1881–
Grace Cameron
1882–1941
Gina Camron
1882–
George Ernest Cameron
1884–1952
John Herbert Cameron
1884–1931
Bertha V Cameron
1887–1926
Claude Cameron
1888–1920
George Cameron
1888–
Floyd R. Cameron
1890–1965
Blanche E. Cameron
1894–1957
Glenn Harold Cameron
1897–1948
Minerva E. Cameron
1900–1919
Everett G Cameron
1903–1955
Nila Mae Cameron
1905–1980

Sources (2)

  • James Cameron, "Michigan Births, 1867-1902"

Parents and Siblings

Siblings (15)

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World Events (3)

1882 · The Chinese Exclusion Act

Age 1

A federal law prohibiting all immigration of Chinese laborers. The Act was the first law to prevent all members of a national group from immigrating to the United States.

1886

Age 5

Statue of Liberty is dedicated.

1887 · The Bagley Memorial Fountain

Age 6

"The Bagley Memorial Fountain was erected in 1887 with funds from the estate of John Judson Bagley. Bagley's will ordered the construction of the drinking fountain which would provide the people of Detroit ""water cold and pure as the coldest mountain stream."" H.H. Richards was the architect for the Romanesque-style, pink granite, lionhead fountain. It is engraved with the words, ""TESTAMENTARY GIFT FOR THE PEOPLE FROM JOHN JUDSON BAGLEY A.D. MDCCCLXXXVII""."

Name Meaning

Scottish:

in the Highlands, it is usually a nickname from Gaelic cam ‘crooked, bent’ + sròn ‘nose’.

in the Lowlands it is also a habitational name from any of various places called Cameron, especially in Fife.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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